Re:Loneliness Is a Warning Sign to Be Social
by GuiA on Monday August 22, 2016 @04:26PM
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I'm generally the same. What I found makes the difference, between being happy in that situation and depressed, is ease of access to social contact.
While there are weekends that I'm happy to spend completely at home, seeing no one (except perhaps my girlfriend) and reading/working on projects, I know that if I really needed to see someone I could text some friends and be grabbing a drink or meal with them within a few hours.
This is now that I have a fairly well established social network. In college, the same situation - living alone, working on personal stuff all weekend but without a social network I could tap into - was a little depressing at times.
While there are weekends that I'm happy to spend completely at home, seeing no one (except perhaps my girlfriend) and reading/working on projects, I know that if I really needed to see someone I could text some friends and be grabbing a drink or meal with them within a few hours.
This is now that I have a fairly well established social network. In college, the same situation - living alone, working on personal stuff all weekend but without a social network I could tap into - was a little depressing at times.